Pick sack



June 5, 1923.

J. T. CAMPBELL PICK SACK Filed April 29 1922 ZCam el.

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Patented June 5, 1923.

UNITED STATES JESSE THOS. CAMPBELL, OF HORNBEAK, TENNESSEE.

PICK SACK.

Application filed April 29, 1922. Serial No. 557,853.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JESSE T. CAMPBELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hornbeak, in the county of Obion and State of Tennessee, have invented a new and useful Pick Sack, of which the followingis a specification.

This invention aims to provide a fruit pickers sack which may be mounted readily in different positions on the body of the operator, the sack being so constructed that it will not be worn appreciably as it drags along the ground.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 shows in perspective, a sack constructed in accordance with the invention; Figure 2 is a cross section taken through the lower end of the sack; Figure 3 1s a cross section taken through one of the reinforcing strips; Figure 4: is a sectionaldetail showing the means whereby the guides are connected to the sack.

In carrying out the invention there is provided a sack 1, made of any suitable flexible material, one end 2 of the sack being open to form a mouth, and the other end 3 of the sack being closed. Guides 4: are secured at 5 to the front and back of the sack 1 and extend around the lateral edges 6 of the sack in spaced relation thereto. A sl ng 7 is provided and carries rings 8 or the like, at its ends, the rings being mounted to sllde on the guides 4. Reinforcing strips 9, which may be ropes, extend longitudinally of the sack 1, and are disposed at the lower end thereof, the strips being of any desired length. The strips 9 are secured removably to the sack 1 in any desired way. If preferred, the strips may be held on the sack by securing devices 10 such as clinching rivets.

When the lower end of the sack 1 1s disposed as shown in Figure 1, the reinforcing strips 9 prevent the sack proper from dragging on the ground. The sack, consequently is not worn, the wear coming on the remforcing strips 9. The reinforcing strips 9, being removably mounted on the sack 1 may be renewed when worn.

Owing to the fact that the guides 4 are secured to the front and back of the sack 1,

the mouth of the sack tending to close the sack, the sack always gapping open, to re ceive the fruit.

Headed studs 12 are mounted in the sack 1, and the guides 4 are provided adjacent to their ends with slits 11, adapted to receive the studs detachably, the construction being such that the rings 8 on the sling 7 may be prevented from shifting on the guides 4:, it being possible to detach the guides 4 from the studs 12 and to shift the rings 8 from the back of the sack to the front of the sack when a reversal of the sack is desired.

What is claimed is 1. In a device of the class described, a sack; loop-shaped guides extended around the lateral edges of the sack and connected to the front and back of the sack in spaced relation to the lateral edges of the sack; a

sling; and means for mounting the ends of the sling slidab-ly on the guides.

2. In a device of the class described, a sack; loop-shaped guides extended around the lateral edges of the sack and connected at their ends to the front and the back of the sack; a sling; means for mounting the ends of the sling slidabl-y on the guides; and means for connecting the guides releasably to the sack, in spaced relation to the ends of the guides, but relatively near thereof thereby to hold the ends of the sling in position adjacent to the ends of the guides.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signa ture in the presence of two witnesses.

JESSE THOS. CAMPBELL. Witnesses:

G. H. CUNNINGHAM, M. A. ASHLEY. 

